Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1931

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1931 were Betty for girls (1,308 babies) and James for boys (1,079). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,604 babies born in Oklahoma in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1931

Names given at least 15 times in Oklahoma that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lawanda: 24 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Oleta: 37 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Cleta: 26 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Billye: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dorotha: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dovie: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Wanda: 580 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ima: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Maudie: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Retha: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Haskell: 27 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Doyle: 93 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kennith: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Buster: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Cleo: 29 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Connie: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Olen: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Burl: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Freddy: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Loyd: 55 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Betty	1,308	–	2
2	Mary	1,237	–	1
3	Wanda	580	–	54
4	Dorothy	523	–	3
5	Norma	417	–	22
6	Barbara	407	↑4	4
7	Helen	350	↓1	6
8	Doris	314	–	10
9	Patricia	309	↑2	8
10	Virginia	284	↓1	12
11	Billie	279	↓4	81
12	Joyce	273	↑5	15
13	Margaret	255	–	7
14	Wilma	249	–	69
15	Ruth	238	↓3	11
16	Ruby	237	↓1	39
17	Patsy	231	↑1	83
18	Frances	198	↑4	18
19	Lois	198	↓3	20
20	Peggy	191	–	42
21	Mildred	189	↓2	26
22	Anna	188	↑4	25
23	Juanita	188	–	57
24	Bonnie	174	↑3	73
25	Evelyn	166	↓1	24
26	Martha	165	↑4	28
27	Shirley	165	↑5	9
28	Joan	153	↓3	5
29	Jo	142	–	>100
30	Donna	140	↑8	32
31	Edna	135	↑9	52
32	Alice	134	↓1	21
33	Thelma	131	↓12	53
34	Maxine	124	↑3	>100
35	Marilyn	123	new	19
36	Bobbie	120	↓8	>100
37	Dolores	116	↑6	14
38	Pauline	111	↓5	56
39	Marjorie	110	↑9	34
40	Nancy	110	↓4	17
41	Hazel	109	↓2	74
42	Emma	106	new	76
43	Margie	105	new	>100
44	Louise	104	–	33
45	Jean	103	↓10	13
46	June	101	new	44
47	Beverly	100	new	31
48	Clara	99	↓6	61
49	Velma	97	↓15	>100
50	Gloria	93	new	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	James	1,079	–	2
2	Billy	921	–	19
3	Robert	842	–	1
4	Charles	720	–	6
5	John	680	↑1	3
6	William	672	↓1	4
7	Donald	631	–	7
8	Bobby	547	–	32
9	Kenneth	430	–	14
10	Richard	374	↑2	5
11	Jack	367	↓1	15
12	George	354	↓1	8
13	Harold	315	↑1	18
14	Joe	301	↓1	29
15	Bill	263	↑2	57
16	Thomas	240	–	10
17	Jerry	228	↑10	43
18	Roy	226	↑1	35
19	Raymond	215	↑1	17
20	Paul	211	↓5	12
21	Jimmie	200	↑2	81
22	Jimmy	197	↑7	89
23	Bob	190	↑1	78
24	David	185	↓2	13
25	Carl	172	↓7	28
26	Don	171	↑4	59
27	Edward	167	↓6	11
28	Earl	160	↓3	40
29	Walter	142	↓1	20
30	Albert	135	↑7	24
31	Melvin	134	–	51
32	Eugene	128	↓6	21
33	Frank	127	–	16
34	Floyd	126	–	66
35	Clarence	124	↓3	39
36	Marvin	123	new	45
37	Gerald	120	↑13	26
38	Lloyd	120	new	68
39	Leroy	117	↑5	52
40	Tommy	117	–	>100
41	Ralph	116	↓6	25
42	Vernon	113	new	74
43	Ray	112	↓5	60
44	Jackie	111	↑1	>100
45	Henry	109	↓6	22
46	Gene	108	↓10	64
47	Billie	107	↓5	>100
48	Wayne	107	↓7	58
49	Johnny	103	new	>100
50	Fred	99	↓2	33

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